TI love reading the news online. There are so many words and expressions that you can learn! I picked up some interesting ones from what I've been reading. Here you are:*I'm usually gung-ho (crazy about) for every new technological thing.
* If so, count me in, but if it's going to be like the 3-D movies I've seen, I'll pass.
* People are being enticed away from the profession by higher salaries elsewhere.
* The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don’t really want.
(Entice means persuade someone in a pleasant way.)
* She had to hand her sister her cell phone.
* My mother always keep the house tidied up. (clean and organized)
* He had a lot of murky schemes but all of them backfired.
(Murky means dark and dirty - Backfired means something that went wrong.)
* James has ants in his pants (excited) today because of the test. If he succeed, he'll have a new life from now on!
* I haven't met him again... sorry, despite of being boring, he has a face that only a mother could love! (the poor guy is ugly)
* He can’t spend all his afternoon watching this movie. You have to agree that it’s a bit much, don’t you? (means excessive or annoying)
* She's a little bit down in the dumps (depressed) today. What happened to her?
Take a look at Using English, a4EL, English Idioms,and English Grammar for more examples and acitivities. There is also a list of idioms by theme, click here to check it out!
